Comment & Opinion

The United States earned its independence by fighting a war to protest various indignities imposed by the crown, including levies that prompted the co...

(TNS) — Don’t believe the headlines. The government shutdown is not really about Obamacare. That’s just the pretext. The shutdown is a tactic employed...

It is understandable that people can be angry or frustrated over how and why undocumented people ended up in the United States. It is a problem that d...

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has one of the highest recidivism rates in the nation. That’s why its decision to close the Quehanna Boot C...

Donald Trump is our first Old Testament president. Where critics view him as a self-absorbed tyrant bent on settling personal scores, he is more akin ...

I understand that Kane Borough Council is in the process of hiring a new police chief. As a former president of council and long-time councilman, I wi...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The most important optic of President Donald Trump’s Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was who was absent from the roster of...

With inflation continuing to rise, Pennsylvanians have been watching every dollar. Most people looked for obvious savings at the grocery store or the ...

Former Alabama Medicaid employee Natalie Lewis will serve at least three years in prison for aggravated theft by deception after she stole $103,314 in...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made no secret about his animosity toward the media. But his demand that press outlets pledge not to report “una...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — You don’t have to have fled two communist-leaning countries, as I have, to find it appalling that Philadelphia recently celebrate...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Over the next decade, the U.S. economy will face two big challenges: higher interest rates and AI-generated disruption. Each invites ...

Stocks plunged nearly 900 points on Oct. 10 after China opted to break out a flamethrower in its ongoing trade dispute with the United States. Preside...

BOSTON (TNS) — The “free Palestine” movement needs to find a new chant after President Donald Trump brokered a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, tr...

The evidence is overwhelming: School-time cellphone use hurts children emotionally, socially and educationally. Pennsylvania must ban student use of p...

As Democrats and Republicans dig in during the latest government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office released its monthly spending report on Wed...

Bipartisanship is a lost art in Washington, D.C., but is it so far-fetched to hope both Democrats and Republicans can agree that the government should...

While Pennsylvania's leaders continue to squabble over the 2026 budget, West Virginia has further outbid the Keystone State for the services of the wo...

I remember the moment, to the startled look on my sweet daughter’s face. I don’t think Michele was two yet, but near that age many call “the terrible ...

The initial phase of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan moved forward Monday as Hamas released 20 hostages who had been held since its ba...